First Round COT Training: 2026-2027

All In-Person COT sessions are FULL CREDIT 2 hour trainings.
Food will be served. 

Peer Basic is designed specifically to benefit first-time club officers, though it is open to anyone who wants to sign up. The session starts with either a PowerPoint presentation of the role or a description of the key responsibilities of the role, depending on the session facilitator’s preference, followed by a facilitated discussion of the role, with the facilitator ensuring that any questions asked are answered, and with the participants describing how they handle the various aspects of the role.

Peer Facilitated consists of a facilitated discussion of club officer roles, with the facilitator ensuring that any questions asked are answered, and with the participants sharing how they handle the various aspects of the role.

Peer Presentation starts with a presentation to all participants from either the Successful Club Series (except for “Meeting Roles and Responsibilities,” “Going Beyond Our Club,” “Toastmasters Education Program,” “Evaluate to Motivate” and “Mentoring”) or the Leadership Excellence Series, followed by a facilitated discussion of the role, informed by insights gained by the presentation, with the facilitator ensuring that any questions asked are answered, and with the participants sharing how they handle the various aspects of the role.

To allow for maximum flexibility, District 31 is offering a wide variety of training topics from which you can choose. Per Toastmasters policy, each club officer must attend training that is specific to their club officer roles, which means that attending one of the many offerings of the Club Officer Peer Sessions is required.

In addition to this mandatory session, club officers must choose at least one other training session to attend from the choices listed below.

Having a hard time choosing which topic to attend? Why not attend all of the topics that are of interest to you? Not only will you learn more by attending more sessions, but you will also help your club towards earning the training incentive.

NOTE: Check back periodically as sessions are constantly being added.

Club Success Plan is a tool that puts a club and its members on track to achieve their goals as well as a guide for attaining Distinguished status in the Distinguished Club Program (DCP). It is a roadmap to club success during the year, and is required to qualify for the DCP. This session will show you how to complete the club success plan and submit before the September 30th deadline.

Guest to Member: Closing the Deal will show you the best way to convert a guest to a member. You will learn Who is responsible for making this happen, What guests want, How to create a powerful guest experience and When to ask guests to join. It’s a formula that works.

Introduction to Free Toast Host will show you how to get the most out of your club’s Free Toast Host (FTH) website: set up agendas, send reminder emails to members, store files, and more. The session will not focus on setting up an FTH website, but you are welcome to ask questions about setup or anything else relating to a club’s FTH website.

Moments of Truth is a process to gather information about your club’s quality of operations. It provides insight into how well the club is run, what impression guests have, whether current members are having a positive experience, and whether they are likely to return. It serves as both a teambuilding exercise for officers and a starting point for the Club Success Plan. This session will equip you with the tools to conduct and participate in an impactful Moments of Truth session at your club.

Navigating Base Camp Manager & Club Central focuses on essential tools for club officers to support their club and members. The first part of the training provides an overview of the Pathways Basecamp manager interface, including guidance on how to effectively use it to track members’ project completions. The second part will show you how to navigate Club Central to get essential club processes done. Whether participants are already familiar with Basecamp Manager and Club Central or are using it for the first time, the training will cover key features and best practices to help officers run and track club operations and member pathways projects.

New Member Orientation will show you how to get new members engaged in the club so that they become long time contributing members. The training provides a comprehensive, four-stage process for onboarding new Toastmasters members. It outlines what should be done in each phase, who is responsible for each task, and what information should be included in a new member orientation package.

Pathways Training – Part 1 This is the first part of a three part series on navigating Pathways. Although we strongly encourage that you attend all three sessions, you will receive credit for completing a COT elective even if if you attend only one of the sessions. This session will equip you with the skills required to get started in Base Camp.

Pathways Training – Part 2 This is the second part of a three part series on navigating Pathways. Although we strongly encourage that you attend all three sessions, you will receive credit for completing a COT elective even if if you attend only one of the sessions. This session will show you what you need to know to move through your Path’s levels with confidence.

Pathways Training – Part 3 This is the third part of a three part series on navigating Pathways. Although we strongly encourage that you attend all three sessions, you will receive credit for completing a COT elective even if if you attend only one of the sessions. This session will explain what you need to do to complete and submit a Pathways Level for credit and what your club’s Base Camp Manager needs to do to support you.

All virtual sessions are held via Zoom. Times are listed in ET / AT / NT. Each virtual session counts as one Peer Session or one Elective or Full Credit; if Peer or Elective session, you need to attend one of each to be fully trained.

All virtual sessions are held via Zoom. Times are listed in ET / AT / NT. Each virtual session counts as one Peer Session or one Elective or Full Credit; if Peer or Elective session, you need to attend one of each to be fully trained.

All virtual sessions are held via Zoom. Times are listed in ET / AT / NT. Each virtual session counts as one Peer Session or one Elective or Full Credit; if Peer or Elective session, you need to attend one of each to be fully trained.

• Member must attend 1 peer session and 1 elective session, and complete the survey in order to get credit for COT.
• If a member serves as an officer in multiple clubs, all the clubs that the member serves as an officer will get the credit.
• If you have attended the COT session, and did not complete the survey, please email pqd@district31.org with the session name and date.
• If you have attended COT in another District, please have the PQD of that District send a confirmation to pqd@district31.org

Note 1: Credit table updated 9/7/2026. If you attended COT and don’t see your credit please reach out to pqd@district31.org.

Note 2: 2 hour full credit sessions are recorded under the elective session column. If you have full credit without a peer session, this is because you have attended a 2 hour full credit COT. Please reach out to pqd@district31.org with questions.

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